EPISODE 33 - Richard Brookhiser, John Trumbull, and Painting the American Revolution

Episode 33 March 09, 2025 00:51:28
EPISODE 33 - Richard Brookhiser, John Trumbull, and Painting the American Revolution
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EPISODE 33 - Richard Brookhiser, John Trumbull, and Painting the American Revolution

Mar 09 2025 | 00:51:28

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Show Notes

Josh Bowman talks with historian Richard Brookhiser, a senior editor of National Review ( https://www.nationalreview.com/ ) and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute ( https://nrinstitute.org/ ). He is a prolific author of many books, mostly on the American Founders and their ideas, and many other articles and essays besides.

We specifically discuss Brookhiser’s new biography of American painter, John Trumbull (1756 - 1843), entitled Glorious Lessons (Yale Univ., 2024) https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300283310/glorious-lessons/ 

Richard Brookhiser Website: https://richardbrookhiser.com/ 

Many paintings by John Trumbull are available online at the Yale University Art Gallery: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collection?f%5B0%5D=creator%3AArtist%3A%20John%20Trumbull%20%28American%2C%201756%E2%80%931843%29 

Declaration of Independence (painting)

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/69 

Battle of Bunker’s Hill

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/41 

The Resignation of General Washington

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/124 

To learn more about the Herbert J. Storing Book Prize, and to make a nomination, visit:

https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/storing-award/ 

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0:00 Introduction

2:27 Who John Trumbull Was

5:53 Battle of Bunker's Hill

12:44 Spy Arrest

16:08 Jefferson's Wingman

18:26 Declaration of Independence

26:00 Washington's Resignation

35:23 Historical Painting

41:28 Displaced

45:23 Other Opportunities

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